Lefua

Lefua is a genus of stone loaches native to East Asia. Members of this genus possess barbels around their mouths (usually three pairs) and nostrils (usually one pair). They generally have column-shaped bodies and are good swimmers.[1]

Lefua
Lefua echigonia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Lefua
Herzenstein, 1888
Type species
Lefua pleskei
Herzenstein, 1888
Synonyms
  • Elxis Jordan & Fowler, 1903
  • Octonema Herzenstein, 1888

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2][1][3]

  • Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) (Eightbarbel loach, Continental eight barbeled loach)
  • Lefua echigonia D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1907 (Japanese eight barbeled loach)
  • Lefua hoffmanni Herre, 1932
  • Lefua nikkonis (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903) (ainu eight barbeled loach)
  • Lefua pleskei (Herzenstein, 1888)
  • Lefua sayu (Herre & S. Y. Lin, 1936)
  • Lefua tokaiensis (Hosoya, Ito & Miyazaki, 2019) (tokai stream eight barbeled loach)
  • Lefua torrentis (Hosoya, Ito & Miyazaki, 2018) (stream eight barbeled loach)

References
  1. Nakajima, J. (2017). LOACHES OF JAPAN (Natural History and Culture) (3rd ed.). Yama-kei Publishers Co., Ltd. pp. 174–175.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  3. Hosoya, K. (2019). Freshwater fish of Japan. Yama-kei Publishers Co., Ltd. pp. 210–212.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Lefua in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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